***OUR STATE ASSOCIATION WEBSITE***

CLICK THIS PIC TO HYPER-LINK TO COMMITTEES

*GL "5" STAR - 5 YEARS IN A ROW!!

***WEBSITE SURFING HINT: CLICK ON ANY PIC / GRAPHIC / SENTENCE FOR HYPER-LINKS TO OTHER ELK RELATED PAGES/WEBSITES...
​EXAMPLE: CLICK THIS MESSAGE FOR HYPER-LINK TO STATE "COMMITTEES" PAGE.

**State president: ANGELA MEYER

Instituted: March 29, 1921

~ SE DISTRICT 3760 ~
KENT ISLAND, MD LODGE 2576
Cell: 410-739-5575 / ECB-Office: 410-224-2945
Email: [email protected]
"WHERE THERE IS NEED, ELKS SERVE"

State President: Angela Meyer

***SP Visitation Schedule***
~ VP & DDGER Visitation Schedules included~

STATE PRESIDENT MESSAGE

SP MESSAGE Pg 2

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*ABOVE PICS / SLIDESHOW: 

• GRAND EXALTED RULER: DOUGLAS A. SCHIEFFER, GER - 2024-2025
• STATE SPONSOR: MALCOLM J. McPHERSON, Jr., PGER (2017): **OUR NEW STATE SPONSOR - Nov. 2024
• SPECIAL DEPUTY, GRAND EXALTED RULER (SDGER) - MD-DE-DC Elks Assoc.: JOHN C. LOFTUS, PSP/SDGER 2024-2025
• STATE PRESIDENT: ANGELA MEYER - 2024-2025

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*STATE VICE PRESIDENTS* CLICK HERE

STATE VICE PRESIDENTS

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*Vice President (NC): 
Jolinda Murray
​(Stephen)
Broadneck, MD Lodge 2608
Cell: 443-994-5049 (C)
​Email:[email protected]​

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​*Vice President - SE #3760: 
Brian Walsh
Kent Island, MD Lodge 2576
Cell: 410-967-0955 (C)
Email: ​[email protected]

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*Vice President - NE #3720: 
Lou Muller
Abingdon, MD Lodge 2354
Cell: 443-752-2578
Email: [email protected]

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*​Vice President - SW #3800: 
Stephen Bradley
(Jodi Ann)
Prince George’s Co., MD Lodge 1778
Cell: 301-765-4739
Email: ​[email protected]

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*Vice President - W #3840: 
Gordon Hinton
​(Sharon)
Westminster, MD Lodge 2277
Cell: 410-916-5408
Email: ​[email protected]

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***State President - Visitation Schedule***
~VP & DDGER Visitation Schedules included ~

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Elkdom's Heart for America

GER SLOGAN 2024-2025

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***STATE GRANTS FOR LODGES - CLICK BELOW DROP-DOWN MENU...

                Community Investment Grant 2024-2025    CLICK HERE

**STATE COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATION**

State Grant (pdf)

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***ALSO, MAY CLICK THIS LINK FOR GRANT APPLICATION...

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State Officers Page

State Grand Lodge Page

Current State Newsletter

Our State Newsletter

Email:  [email protected] 

***Next State Newsletter Deadline:
*FEB. 21, 2025*
( MARCH '25 ISSUE )

             *UPCOMING STATE EVENTS*     CLICK HERE

UPCOMING EVENTS

Click above to Download PDF

*SAVE THE DATES ON YOUR ​LODGE CALENDARS*

State Americanism Page

State Scholarship Page

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**SAVE THE DATES**
*NEXT STATE CONFERENCE:
​MARCH 21-23, 2025
@ KENT ISLAND LODGE #2576
in STEVENSVILLE, MD

CON-CON PAGE

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***THE SPRING CONFERENCE @ KENT ISLAND, MD LODGE 2576 PACKET IS POSTED BELOW...
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***MARCH 1, 2025***
...IS DEADLINE FOR FOOD ORDERS FOR SPRING CONFERENCE
IN KENT ISLAND 2576.

KI 2576 - 2025 Spring Conference Packet

CLICK ABOVE FOR PDF DOWNLOAD

KI 2576 - 2025 Spring Conference Packet

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***State President - Visitation Schedule***
~VP & DDGER Visitation Schedules included ~

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Click here for Scout Camporee Page

**MD-DE-DC Elks Association**
Annual Scout Camporee
@ Elks Camp Barrett
(our State Major Project)
~ NEXT CAMPOREE: NOVEMBER 2025 ~
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~ Partnership with the USNA ~
( United States Naval Academy )
​& NAVY MIDSHIPMEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

ECB SCOUT CAMPOREE PAGE

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​***A recent Video of an interview on NBC's 'Meet The Press' (Hosted by Chuck Todd) with the DEA Administrator, Anne Milgram, regarding Fentanyl which is a most recent killer of over 100,000 Americans each year. Fentanyl is a very strong Opioid that is 100 times more potent than Morphine and 50 times greater than Heroin. It is a potent synthetic Opioid Drug approved by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic for severe pain and is rarely used in Hospital Operating Rooms and on large animals.

Because it is synthetic, the Mexican Drug Cartel is smuggling it into the U.S. daily in large quantities. It is laced on pills that Americans don't even know that they are taking it, therefore many overdoses are not even known by the person. ​

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It is a silent killer!! Please, please be very careful with candy for our children, especially with the upcoming children's holiday - Halloween. 

Angela
U + ME @ ECB = A GR8 Place 2B!
Angela M. Meyer, Director of Operations
State Drug Awareness Program Chair
MD, DE, DC Elks Assoc. Elks Camp Barrett  
[email protected]  
410-224-2945 (camp) 410-739-5575 (cell)
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**DEA Website Link >>> Home | DEA.gov - https://www.dea.gov/ 
~ Some of above explanation on Fentanyl is found on, and scientifically proven, through research from Google and internet information. For more information please, please watch above video and visit the DEA Website - click on Link above. 

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CON-CON PAGE

State Reimbursement Form

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          *2025 GRAND LODGE NEWS* CLICK HERE

***OUR NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION...

***160th GRAND LODGE NATIONAL CONVENTION***
 ~ KANSAS CITY, MO ~
JUNE 29 >>> JULY 2, 2025

State - GL Convention Page

2025 GL Convention - Kansas City, MO

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***159th GRAND LODGE NATIONAL CONVENTION***
 ~ AUSTIN, TX ~

**Click any Page below for full Download of all 4 Pages

***GL Monthly Newsletter

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• OPENING CEREMONY: PARADE of STATE FLAGS... 

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"ELKDOM's HEART for AMERICA"

~ Click above for '2024-2025' Grand Lodge Program Link ~

GL LEADERSHIP PAGE

GL DIRECTORY PAGE

GRAND SECRETARY

**Click below for 2024-2025 GL Program**

click for GL Program

2024 GL Convention - Austin, TX

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***2024 GRAND LODGE CONVENTION DAILY NEWSLETTERS***

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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***2025 GRAND LODGE NEWS***

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***GRAND LODGE STATUTES ~ CHAPTER 12 ~ MANDATE THE ATTENDANCE OF THE FOLLOWING LODGE OFFICERS AT ALL DISTRICT DEPUTY CLINICS: ~~~ EXALTED RULER / ~ ESTEEMED LEADING KNIGHT / ~ LODGE SECRETARY / ~ LODGE TRUSTEE CHAIR / ~ BOD CHAIR

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**NC DD CLINICS: 
~ 2025 APRIL: 19th @ 9:00 am - @ Glen Burnie Elks 2266 - 878 Stevenson Rd., Glen Burnie, MD 21144

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**NE DD CLINICS: TBA
~ 2025 APRIL: TBA

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**SE DD CLINICS: TBA
~ 2025 APRIL: TBA

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**SW DD CLINICS: TBA
~ 2025 APRIL: TBA

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**W DD CLINICS: TBA
~ 2025 APRIL: TBA

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*****DURING GER VISIT TO MD-DE-DC ELKS SPRING CONFERENCE (MARCH 2024):
​~ THEN GER RANDY P. SHOOK (RIGHT in PIC) PRESENTED THE GRAND LODGE "5 STAR" WEBSITE AWARD TO STATE WEBMASTER JOSEPH McGEENEY, PDDGER (LEFT in PIC)  - THIS WAS OUR STATE's FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW WINNING THIS AWARD!! *****MANY THANKS TO OUR STATE WEBSITE COMMITTEE; JOSEPH McGEENEY, PDDGER (ESSEX, MD LODGE 1866), TED REINHOLD (ANNAPOLIS, MD LODGE 622), RICK FRERE, PDDGER (KENT ISLAND, MD LODGE 2576).

*****DURING GER VISIT TO MD-DE-DC ELKS SPRING CONFERENCE (MARCH 2024):
​~ THEN GER RANDY P. SHOOK (RIGHT in PIC) PRESENTED THE GRAND LODGE "5 STAR" STATE NEWSLETTER AWARD TO STATE EDITOR-in-CHIEF JANIE SWIGERT - KENT ISLAND, MD LODGE 2576 - (LEFT in PIC)  - THIS WAS OUR STATE's THIRD YEAR IN A ROW WINNING THIS AWARD!!

***NEW GL PRE-ORIENTATION VIDEO - 2024 (4:43 Minutes)***

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***NEW GL ORIENTATION VIDEO - 2024 (6:32 Minutes)***

**GL Post Orientation Web Page: Elks.org/myjourney

ALL COMMITTEES PAGE

*SICKNESS & DISTRESS*  CLICK HERE

SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE

~ THIS SECTION IS FOR CURRENT POSTINGS, AFTER 30 DAYS PLEASE CLICK ON "SICKNESS & DISTRESS" PAGE LINK ABOVE... 

~ELKS SICKNESS: 

~ PLEASE KEEP OUR ELK FAMILY MEMBERS IN YOUR PRAYERS - THAT A FULL & SPEEDY RECOVERY WILL BE BLESSED UPON THEM... 

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*Direct Link to: Sickness & Distress

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~ELKS DISTRESS: 

~ POSTED: 10/16/2024: 
***ABSENT MEMBER: 
~ IT IS WITH A SAD & HEAVY HEART TO REPORT THE PASSING of A MEMBER of NEWARK, DE LODGE No. 2281: 
***ABSENT MEMBER: 
                 ***BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER of ELKS of The USA***
                             ~ PAST GRAND EXALTED RULER (2008-2009) ~

• PAUL DAVID HELSEL, PER/PSP/PGLC/PDDGER/PGT/PSDGER/PGER

                         ~ STATE SPONSOR - MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION ~

~ CLICK LINK ABOVE OR BELOW FOR MORE SICKNESS & DISTRESS:  

***FOR SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE CLICK BELOW LINK: 
Sickness/Distress - MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION (mddedcelks.org)

SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE

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***pger paul d. helsel memorial***  CLICK HERE

**OUR STATE SPONSOR: 2009-2024**

***A Somber Message from State President Angela Meyer:

***Brothers and Sisters, it is with profound sadness that we hear and must accept the sobering news that our leader, mentor, and friend, Paul Helsel, PGER, has passed.  Maybe over the next few days we should take time to speak to each other more softly, share the kind warmth of a good hug, and take comfort in good, happy memories.  We mourn our loss as friends and will recover in time as siblings.  "To our Absent Brother".
Angela Meyer
President
MD, DE & DC Elks Association

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***Visitation and Elks Service for Paul Helsel:

***Tuesday October 22 *** @ Newark Elks Lodge - 42 Elks Trail, New Castle, DE  19720

~ Visitation from 2:00-4:00 *** Elks Service 4:00 *** 
~ Dinner to follow at the Lodge.

***In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Paul’s name may be made to the Elks National Foundation, 2750 N. Lakeview Ave. Chicago, IL 60614.

Warren H. Johnson PSP, PGT
MD DE and DC State Elks Association
301-606-6133
[email protected]

***CLICK BELOW LINK FOR OBITUARY FOR PGER PAUL D. HELSEL...

https://www.sandersmortuary.com/obituary/Paul-Helsel?utm_source=MDDEDCElks.org+-+a+non-profit+Organization+dedicated+to+assisting+our+Communities+to+grow.&utm_campaign=119cdd12d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_21_05_45_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-63e0c8125b-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#obituary

*Direct Link to: Sickness & Distress

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~ CLICK LINK BELOW FOR MORE SICKNESS & DISTRESS:  

***FOR SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE CLICK BELOW LINK: 
Sickness/Distress - MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION (mddedcelks.org)

SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE

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*GER VISITS STATE ASSOCIATION*  CLICK HERE

GRAND EXALTED RULER VISIT

~2024 STATE ELKS - GER VISITS~

~ MARCH 20-24, 2024 @ POCOMOKE CITY, MD LODGE No. 1624
​SOUTHEAST DISTRICT - SOUTHERN EASTERN SHORE of MD

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*Direct Link to: GL Contacts

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~GER VISIT PICS~

***FOR SICKNESS & DISTRESS PAGE CLICK BELOW LINK: 
Sickness/Distress - MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION (mddedcelks.org)

Link to State PR Page

Elks.org - GL Officers Page

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*2024 RECENT GER VISIT & ECB LUNCHEON*  CLICK HERE

STATE GRAND LODGE PAGE

*HOVER OVER ANY PIC BELOW & CLICK PAUSE - SLIDESHOW CAN BE MANUALLY NAVIGATED & VIEWED*

***2024 ECB GER VISIT LUNCHEON***

***Elks.org Website - Click Below Link: 
​Welcome (elks.org)

PAST GER VISITS PAGE

STATE OFFICERS PAGE

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*ANNOUNCEMENTS & sPECIAL NOTICES*  CLICK HERE

*ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPECIAL NOTICES*

***NEWS IS GOOD!!
(LET US KNOW WHAT's HAPPENING IN YOUR LODGE)

*****STATE WEBSITE - GL "5" STAR AWARD *****

( 5~YEARS IN A ROW )

***ABOVE: POSTED @ GRAND LODGE CONVENTION IN AUSTIN, TX - JULY 2024

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** OTHER ELK LINKS - CLICK BELOW LINK: Welcome (elks.org)

ELKS CAMP BARRETT - ECB

*STATE MAJOR PROJECT*

               *sTATE MAJOR PROJECT*   CLICK HERE

CAMP BARRETT PAGE

***2024 ECB GER VISIT LUNCHEON***

***Elks.org Website - Click Below Link: 
​Welcome (elks.org)

**2024 ELKS CAMP BARRETT BROCHURE**

ECB Brochure

www.ElksCampBarrett.org

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**Elks Camp Barrett Stream Restoration Project Video**

https://youtu.be/7MjzQIqqXIg

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Click here for Scout Camporee Page

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ECB SCOUT CAMPOREE PAGE

**MD-DE-DC Elks Association's Annual Scout Camporee @ Elks Camp Barrett (State Major Project) in Partnership with the USNA (United States Naval Academy). 
​**This Camporee is normally held in November each year during the final Home Game of NAVY Football. 

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ECB - Bacon Ridge Restoration Video-YouTube

*CONTACT US:   CLICK HERE

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